Thursday, September 17, 2009

What's With The Unicycles?

I am seeing them all over the place, these days! Once, I saw a guy speeding down Topanga Canyon Road from the trail head into the canyon (I was driving, couldn't get a picture without hitting him)! As a departure from my recent rantings ( I am becoming quite the grump), I offer my own unicycle pictures-

This guy was actually part of a huge unicycle pelaton. None of the pictures came out!

The duct tape seat is impressive. As is the jersey. They were both really nice guys.

Unicycling is definitely the new skateboarding. After years of european predominance, the sport has spread all over the world, and developed into multiple genres. I moved to Salt Lake City and started up a uni club. after struggling to find riders at first, people started catching on, and nowadays(just a year later) i find myself riding with up to 15-20 people at times. if you've never tried, I highly recommend it. it's great cardio, lots of fun, and a good challenge.